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17 Dec 97Helen Palmer is Nottinghamshire County Council Junior Sportsperson of the Year (11 12 97)

At the Nottinghamshire County Council Sports Review of the Year, out of 20 nominees for the Junior Sportsperson - the winner was Helen Palmer of Orienteering. Two other young people (Hockey) got awards for 'school sports performances'. Thanks to NOC committee for nominating Helen - and to Jad for writing the citation - from a very proud Mum!! Good publicity for a minority sport as well - but we are on Notts list of 11 priority sports.

A very special thank you to Janet for arranging everything from Round One right through to the weekend in the Lake District.

2 Oct 97Peter Palmer Relays (21 Sep)

Nicola Olivant has kindly submitted this report

Peter Palmer Relays September 20th-21st. We departed Nottingham early Saturday afternoon, in high spirits, arriving in Norwich around 5pm. Many of us went and grabbed some food from a local fast food restaurant and quickly rushed back to watch the footie.

NOC seemed to be pretty poor on this front, the younger ones entered a team, but were unsuccessful in making it through the lst round. It was hardly living up to last year’s victory, but the comment passed was "the playing conditions (grass and mini floodlights) were not up to their professional standards!", so the competition was eventually won by the 'Grantown 97' Tour team. It was then time to turn in for the night and prepare for the morning ahead.

I awoke about 5.20am to be told that lst leg (Richard R,) had finished, coming back in 3rd place, 22 seconds down on Walton Chasers and ½minute on COBOC and that 2nd leg would be back soon. It was pretty obvious then that it was quick terrain, as they were doing just over 5min km's. in the dark, so we had to quickly wake up and get our act together.

Over the next few legs Walton Chasers gradually extended their lead to 7 minutes, we managed to pull it back to only 4 minutes, but maintaining 2nd position. Alistair F went out on the last leg, and by then 2nd place was pretty much secured, and the team finished 5mins 42secs behind the clear leaders from the beginning, Walton Chasers. The 2nd NOC team also put on a great effort showing good promise for teams in the future.

I think all of us that went had a good time, and on behalf of them I would like to thank Jim Clarke and Steve Hodkinson for making it possible for us to go, and NOC for their financial support.

Nicola Olivant Junior Rep.

N.B. If anyone from Walton Chasers is reading this then watch out next year, 5 mins is nothing.

NOC also had a B team of Fiona Munton, Thomas Billam, Matthew Winser, Nicholas James, Matthew Haines-Young, Emily Talbot, Martin Cox and Matthew Sackman The novices at this event, who were there for the experience, as much as anything, also managed a very respectable time, so we will look to them in the future! 1 WALTON CHASER 1 214:39 2 NOCTURNALS 220:21 3 MDOC A 228:31 19 NOCOMPETITION 315:37 25 teams took part in the Open competition.

19 Sep 97AGM Notice (18 Oct 97)

The Annual General Meeting of Nottinghamshire Orienteering Club will take place on 18 October 1997. It will be held at The National Water Sports Centre, Holme Pierrepont.

The start time this year will be a little later at 6.30pm.

A licensed bar will be available, hopefully without the jukebox.

We will aim to finish at a reasonable time, as many of you will be travelling to the National Event at Cinderford on Sunday morning.

Agenda and a copy of last year's minutes to follow.

Attached is a copy of the .

Any nominations for committee positions, resolutions, amendments to the constitution or items requiring a vote, to be sent to the Secretary by 4th October 1997.

Jad Dziadosz, Secretary

16 Sep 97Bestwood day event (26 10 97)

Due to parking difficulties, this event has been downgraded to a C5. There will be no Brown or Blue courses open to the general orienteer. The East Midlands' Schools Champs will provide the full range of courses needed.

It is essential that you share transport to this event.

16 Sep 97Club Champs, Longshaw (13 9 97)

These are the preliminary results, stress preliminary.

I do not have the official Gold Times, and cannot vouch for the gold times for the S or psuedo gold times for the B courses as I don't have the actual course distances either.

will be on 18th October, at the National Watersports Centre, Holmepierrepont, from 18:30 to 22:00.

Getting a venue and a date in October has been extremely difficult. Yes, we do know that there is a National next day in the Forest of Dean, so Ray has agreed to limit his speech to a few sentences only.

The room holds 80. Last year we had 50, so let's see if we can fill this venue. There is of course a bar, and we will arrange tea/coffee. There is no nearby Juke Box!

Nominations for committee posts and resolutions for the Agenda need to be with Jad by 4th October.

26 Aug 97White Rose 23 25 Aug

Robby Knudd Winners

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Dave Olivant / Alan Gould / Bob Hatfield

First in Forest was Stephen Wright Jnr Cricket was won by the Juniors whose diet must have been carrots for many weeks.

28 Jul 97Club Kit

A new stock of 'O' tops is ready. See Ray at Aberfeldy.

12 Jul 97Treasure Hunt

Alison and John Sage won this interesting event by the large margin of half a mile.

Thanks to Colin and family, we struggled with tortuous clues and tortuous lanes, strange coloured leaves and the purchase of carrot(s)!

12 Jul 97Club Champs at Longshaw (13 9 97)

The Entries address for this Badge Event has been been hard to find.

Because of a BOF Council ruling, we cannot publish it here on the Web, but send Ray an Link no longer available and he'll reply direct to you.

24 Jun 97Shamrock O Ringen (21 2/6/97)

Another good weekend for NOC -- an excellent result at the Harvester and 4 NOC members went to the Shamrock O Ringen and brought home trophies:

It certainly seemed to affect everybody's performance, our only top three placings being Colin Olivant 3rd on M12A, Helen Palmer 1st on the voided W16A, and a family effort: Ros Bourne 2nd W55L with a clear win for Peter Bourne on M55S.

19 May 97Compass Sport Cup

Statement from the Club Team CaptainCONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

DVO 62 NOC 71

Yes, that was the final score in the second round of the Compass Sport Cup played at Hay Woods. Another brilliant NOC turn out and some great runs, especially by the younger members of the Club. Well done to everyone who ran.

We are now in the Regional Final. This will take place on SATURDAY 14th June at Canklow Woods near Rotherham. Start times 9:30 - 11:30. All the Compass Sport Cup courses plus a yellow.

This is being played as a three way tie: WCH v EPOC and then the winners of that re-scored against NOC. (the form book would suggest that EPOC should beat WCH, so we will probably by playing EPOC).

Travel directions: M1 to Junction 33. Take the A630 to Rotherham. At the first roundabout turn right, onto the A631 (Bawtry Road). At the first traffic lights turn left into Moorgate. After 1.5km (just after the hospital), turn left into the Car park. This is at Oakwood Comprehensive School. The event will be O signed from the beginning of Moorgate.

SYO are putting this event on specially and have asked for 6 volunteers from each club to help on the day with results etc. Please phone me if you would be willing to do this.

This is a great chance to reach the final (to be held on 12th October somewhere in or near the Lakes). Last time we played EPOC we lost by 1 point so PLEASE turn out and run. Thanks.

Janet Evans

12 May 97Compass Sport Cup

We beat DVO by 71-62 at Hay Wood.

Next round (the quarter finals) is SATURDAY 14th JUNE at Canklow Woods, Rotherham (near M1 J33).

Well done everybody.

24 Apr 97Perran Sands Collapse!!

I understand that enormous pits (40ft across) have appeared on Perran Sands in the last two weeks. Apparently there used to be mines there, and the exceptionally dry weather (remember comments at the event about strange water table), has caused collapses beneath the dunes.

Perhaps we were lucky to have the JK when we did! More details when I get the newspaper cutting. Ray

The first North Notts club run took place from Keith's yesterday 10.04.97. On offer were several runs through terrain (well Strawberry Hill actually ) of up to 10K including fartlek, Interval training and speed work. The après coffee and biscuits were excellent. This would have been more enjoyable if Keith had actually had someone to run with! The offer will stand until the summer league commences because he really can't stand running alone. Keith Streb

11 Apr 97Prodigal Returns

Back from the land of 5* terrain ( and those brown wiggly things ) Nottinghamshire welcomes back Kevin and Irene King and family. Hope they have brought back a spare contour for the Strawberry Hill map! Keith Streb

NOC will face DVO at Hay Wood, OD on 11th May. Make sure this date goes in your diary NOW!

20 Jan 97Compass Sport Cup

Congratulations to DVO who beat HOC by 30 points on Sunday at Cannock Chase. We face DVO in the next round. Date and venue to be agreed between team captains.

17 Jan 97Junior Selections

Congratulations to Alistair Footitt and Helen Palmer who have been selected to represent UK at the International School Sports Federation Championships in Italy at the beginning of May.

15 Jan 97Open Meeting

An interesting evening of chat about club and wider issues. Fifteen attended, including two less familiar faces. Welcome Brian and Arlene!

10 Jan 97Training Run

The new venue for the Thursday training run started well. A power cut. So the building was in darkness, but we managed to change in the gloom. Our new friends, the hockey and the lacrosse players had all cried off because of the snow, and were suprised that we wanted to have a run! Twenty (20) attended. With increased numbers like this, we can plan more sophisticated training.